boccia
\bɔtʃja\
The verdict
“boccia” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Discipline handisport similaire à la pétanque inscrite au programme paralympique depuis 1984 à New-York.
Corpus desk
Index FR-boccia · boccia · French
boccia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boccia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɔtʃja\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « boccia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
boccia is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɔtʃja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Discipline handisport similaire à la pétanque inscrite au programme paralympique depuis 1984 à New-York.".
No misspelling variants are generated for boccia in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is boccia, spelled B-O-C-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Discipline handisport similaire à la pétanque inscrite au programme paralympique depuis 1984 à New-York.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how boccia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En rejoignant petit à petit ses voisins comme l’Espagne ou le Portugal, la France s’inscrit dans le club des nations ouvrant le sport aux athlètes très lourdement handicapés car mêmes les paralysés des quatre membres, grâce à un système de rampe pour lancer les boules et des assistants, placés dos au jeu, pour régler sous les ordres des joueurs, l’inclina…
Le Cojop n’a pas lésiné : 24 parasports en démonstration, comme le basket fauteuil, la boccia (sorte de parapétanque), le para-tir à l’arc, ou encore le tennis fauteuil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.